Explore Seaside Park, New Jersey, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Seaside Park, New Jersey. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Jersey or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Seaside Park.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Seaside Park |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Ocean County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.926785 |
| Longitude | -74.077081 |
| Population | 1,436 |
| Density | 846.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 08752 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| County Seat | Toms River |
| School District | Central Regional School District |
Seaside Park occupies a narrow, elongated reach of land defined by the relentless meeting of earth and the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 4.6 miles east-northeast of Berkeley, NJ (from Berkeley, NJ: bearing 65°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-southeast of Toms River. The landscape here is defined by the shifting geometry of dunes and the salt-scrubbed horizon, where the sea air carries a persistent, cooling moisture that clings to the skin. To the west, the quiet waters near Pelican Island offer a stark contrast to the turbulent, rhythmic pulse of the surf, creating a shifting boundary between the terra firma and the encroaching tides. Far off in the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Sandy Ridge barely registers against the sky, a reminder of the vast, varied interior that stands in total opposition to this flat, sandy expanse. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, pearlescent quality, softening the edges of the beach grass until the entire shoreline seems to drift into the gray wash of the evening.
Seaside Park functions as a seasonal barometer, its economic life swelling and receding with the predictable migration of summer visitors drawn to the Seaside Park Beach and Boardwalk. History here is marked by the slow accumulation of weathered shingles and the persistent endurance of structures against the seasonal brine, a testament to a local culture forged by the proximity of the Toms River and the surrounding marshlands. While the daily pace slows significantly once the heat of August fades, the local character remains anchored in the pragmatism of a coastal outpost that has looked toward the Atlantic Ocean for its identity since its founding. Life moves with a quiet, observant tension, perhaps influenced by the distant silence of the Pine Barrens, as residents navigate the intersection of a fragile, shifting environment and the demands of a modern, year-round existence. Far inland, the quiet surface of Wire Pond remains a still, hidden counterpoint to the restless energy that defines the daily commerce and social rhythm of the shore.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Seaside Park, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.926785, -74.077081. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Seaside Park includes the ZIP code (08752), telephone area code (732, 848), county seat of Ocean County (Toms River), and school district assignment (Central Regional School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |